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The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States. [1]
The Soul of a Man is a 2003 documentary film, directed by Wim Wenders, as the second instalment of the documentary film series The Blues, produced by Martin Scorsese.The film explores the musical careers of blues musicians Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir.
Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.
"Smuggler's Blues" is a song written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, and performed by Frey. It was the third and final single from Frey's second studio album, The Allnighter (1984). It followed "Sexy Girl" and "The Allnighter"; of the three, it charted highest. Its music video won Frey an MTV Video Music Award in 1985.
Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett): fiction on a blues-based theme; Godfathers and Sons : about Chicago blues and hip-hop; Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis): about British blues-influenced music (e.g., Tom Jones, Van Morrison) Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood): focuses on blues pianists such as Ray Charles and Dr. John; Ray (2004)
The film provided insight into the location, cast and characteristics of Delta blues and North Mississippi hill country blues. Filming took place in 1990 in Memphis, Tennessee, and various North Mississippi counties. [1] Theatrical release was in 1991 and home video release in the United Kingdom, the next year, as was a soundtrack album. A ...
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Pages in category "Documentary films about blues music and musicians" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .